Virgil Biggers Denies Refusal to Sign Resignation
Shawnee Oklahoma July 30 Virgil Biggers denies reports of refusing to resign from the county attorney’s office suspended by order of the state supreme court. He says there is not a grain of truth in the rumor and has nothing further to say. County Commissioner Robert Hagar says he has no definite decision, but expects to decide by Monday about resigning, with indications of a possible resignation next week.
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Shawnee
Okla
Virgil Biggers
State Supreme Court
the Herald
Biggers
Seattle
Wash
Robert H. Hagar
Superior Court
Mr. Hagar
Hagar
Thaw in Court. Merrill Payoff Book Dispute Quiets
Harry K Thaw appeared for the second day of examination in White Plains as his counsel sought possession of books and memoranda concerning payments alleged to have been made to women in a New York rooming house. Susan Merrill testified the $25 000 came from the Thaw family. the books were claimed destroyed. The report also notes a Newark ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure and related products.
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White Plains
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Jerome
Thaw
Clifford Hartridge
Hartridge
Susan Merrill
New York
Snake Warriors organize among Oklahoma National Guard
About 200 members of the Oklahoma National Guard who served in the Crazy Snake campaign form The Snake Warriors. They aim to secure a legislative appropriation to pay their service costs, estimated at five to seven thousand dollars with no cover. The slate of officers includes Major Sp Barret as president and Capt Hank as vice president, with treasurer Capt Frank King and secretary Lieut Jack Howe. The executive committee comprises Lieut F J Boland Capt Edgington Capt Jack Alley Capt S Harrelson and Sergt Paulin.
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Guthrie
Oklahoma National Guard
Snake Warriors
Sp Barret
Hank
Oklahoma City
Jack Howe
Muskogee
Frank King
Lawton
Trasurer
F. J. Boland
Edgington
Jack Alley
S. Harrelson
Sergt. Paulin
Durant
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Endorsed For Piles and Injuries
Ten years of torture riding a horse left L. S. Napier of Burgess Ky unable to ride without pain. After doctors failed Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured him. Arnica handles piles, burns, scalds, cuts, boils, fever sores, eczema, salt rheum, corns. Guaranteed by G. M. Ramsey.
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L. S. Napier
Burgless
Bucklen
G. M. Ramsey
The Oklahoma City Evening Times Plans Sunday Morning Daily
The Evening Times announces a Sunday morning edition on August Sth making it the only seven day paper in the Southwest. Editor Benedict says no extra charge for subscribers and full wire news plus 57 state covers. The paper will feature real estate, foreign, magazine sections, colored comics, and strong wire reports.
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Oklahoma City
Washington
Guthrie
Administration
Oklahoma Press Service
West
Sunday Times
Oklahoma
Pussyfoot Johnson Returns to Oklahoma City
The famed anti bootlegging agent William E. Johnson, known as Pussyfoot, is back in Oklahoma after more than two years. He arrived in Muskogee with low profile attire and plans to remain briefly while handling government business. Johnson once led efforts in Indian Territory and now heads the western division of the liquor suppression bureau.
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Ardmore
Federal
Pussyfoot” Johnson
Pussyfoot
Oklahoma
Wm. E. Johnson
Indian Territory
Joe Lieter
Washington
Musckgee
Johnson
Salt Lake City
Bureau
What they would see in 100 years of American progress
Leslie's Weekly imagines Benjamin Franklin’s query on progress and surveys the United States in 1900. It notes the nation’s growth from 13 colonies to 46 states with 90 million people and vast gains in wealth and production across wheat coal steel petroleum copper cotton and corn.
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Benjamin Franklin
Amercan
Atlantic Seaboard
New Hampshire
Georgia
Gulf of Mexico
United States
United Kingdom
French Republic
Revolution Rages in Barcelona as Rebels Hold City
Reports from Cerbere dated July 30 describe Barcelona under siege with the House of the People razed by artillery and most convents burned except one in Callespie. Montjuich forts bombard Rambla and Paseos while ten thousand revolutionaries fight daily under a revolutionary committee. Caldos bridge blown by dynamite and an armed civic body at Lesomatin supports the revolt.
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Cerbere
Barcelona
Gerona
House of the People
Calliepsie
Montjuich
Rambla
Paseos
Caldos
Lesomatin
Oil Operations to Begin Near Cement Plant
Rig builders under contract to Ada Oil and Gas Company will arrive Monday from Tulsa to begin drilling locally. The first well is expected southwest of the cement plant though the exact location has not yet been fixed. Indications point to abundant oil potential in the area and the company’s activity will be closely watched.
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Ada Oil & Gas Company
Tulsa
Commission row continues over secretary dismissal
Guthrie Oklahoma September 29 A P Watson says the state corporation commission remains divided over chairman Jack Love firing secretary W L Chapman for leaking routine information to railroads and taking money. Commissioner McAlester backs Chapman. Love demands further discussion at the next session.
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Guthrie
A. P. Watson
State Corporation Commission
Jack Love
W. L. Chapman
McAlester
Chapman
Love
Tishomingo Ice Company Resolution Victory
The Oklahoma corporation commission reached a settlement in the case James F. Brennan et al versus The Tishomingo Ice and Cold Storage Co. The agreement requires non-discriminatory ice delivery, scales on wagons for weighing without extra charge, and the company to cover witness and sheriff costs. Case to be dismissed upon commission approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Corporation Commission
Tishomingo Ice and Cold Storage Company
James F. Brennan
Tishomingo Ice and Cold Storage Co
Tishomingo
Giant fifty pound melon from local farmer showcases harvest
Friend G B Marshall residing east of the city presented the editors a fifty pound waiter melon from a productive melon field. He owns four acres with melons sized 25 to 70 pounds. The melon rests in the rear of the 12th street meat market fridge as the staff plans to share the fruit after work today.
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G. B. Marshall
Marshall
12Th Street
Oklahoma City Clean-up Aims for Dry Metropolis
S W Stone state dispensary superintendent says Oklahoma City will be dry soon with three special enforcement officers already clearing joints and bootleggers. The new law making it a felony to sell liquor to minors aids enforcement as first arrests occur in Oklahoma City. Also notes Sons of Veterans call for a joint reunion at Chickasha August 25 26 and 27 and Emanuel plans staff appointments after the gathering.
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Oklahoma City
S. W. Stone
Fred S. Caldwell
Okahoma City
Sons of Veterans
Sulphur
Okla
Charles B. Emanuel
Oklahoma
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Sons of Veterans and Daughters of Veterans
Chickasha
Special Judge Named for Lincoln Pottawatomie District
Gov. Haskell appoints J B A Robertson of Chandler as district judge in the Lincoln Pottawatomie County District during Judge Maben's disqualification. Robertson has long service in Oklahoma politics, including Territorial and state Democratic committees, and past roles as Lincoln county attorney and grand master of Oklahoma Odd Fellows. He spoke for the Odd Fellows at the Seattle Exposition.
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Guthrie
Haskell
J. B. A. Robertson
Chandler
Lincoln-Pottawatomie County
Maben
Pottawatomie County
Rosser
Poteau
Tecumseh
Robertson
Oklahoma
Henry Cloud
Lincoln County
Oklahoma Odd Fellows
St. Paul
Heat Wave Grips Chicago with Eleven Dead
Eleven deaths and many prostrations were recorded in Chicago as a blistering heat wave sweeps the Midwest. Cooling lake breezes brought a brief relief this afternoon, but experts warn another hot spell is due tomorrow. Government reports show Tuesday was the hottest day of the year with temperatures around 75 tonight.
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Chicago
Middle West
Guthrie Digest Reports Court Ruling On A and M Building Powers
Guthrie notes progress in untangling authority between the Board of Agriculture and the Board of Public Affairs. Court favors the agricultural board over the Board of Affairs, placing A and M College construction under the regents. Also mentions freight movement orders, tax on gifts and inheritance, and Governor Haskell receiving a proposed income tax amendment article from Secretary Knox.
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District Court
U K
Board of Affairs
Agricultural College
Board of Agriculture
Agricultural Board
Board ‘of Regents
C. C. Landon
Kansas City Bridge Co
Rock Island Railroad
Frisco Railroad
Corporation Commission
Congress
Haskell
Guthrie
P. C. ‘Knox
Washington, D. C
C. N. Haskell
Cement and Alfalfa Drive Western Farmers Toward Independence
Charles Gurney of Red Cloud Nebraska, a cattle seller at Kansas City, touts cement on farms as universal building material. He says concrete floors and walls deter vermin, stabilize temperature, and simplify care, while alfalfa boosts profits. He reports fattening cattle, selling alfalfa worth 300 dollars, and storing 500 tons.
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Charles Gurney
Red Cloud
Neb
Kansas City
Rush for Indian lands in Spokane draws thousands
Spokane officials report a stampede of registrations for August 9 draws. The land department ordered 50,000 more registration blanks 10,000 powers of attorney and 60,000 colored envelopes as 148,955 applications were filed by 4 p m yesterday with about half the registration period remaining. About 6,400 homesteads are expected on Kalispel Spokane and Coeur d Alene reserves.
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Spokane
Land Department
Witten
Kalispel Spokane
Coeur d’ Alene
Confiscated Whisky Sold in Oklahoma Regime
Guthrie Oklahoma July 28 another car load of confiscated liquors was sold by the state to a Gainesville Texas firm. Liquor gathered in Oklahoma City brought payments to the state including five dollars per barrel for good beer three dollars per case for no stamp whiskey six dollars per case for bottled in bond whisky and one dollar twenty five cents per gallon for bulk whisky. Twenty cork pullers were included in the shipment for which the state received ten dollars.
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Guthrie
Gainesville
Tex
Oklahoma City
Bids Sought for Ada Normal School Building
The state board of public affairs invited bids for constructing the Ada normal school building with $100 000 appropriated by the last legislature. Bids open September 1. During construction the normal school will use Ada Guthrie high school building recently completed by the city.
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State Board of Public Affairs
Normal School
Ada
Guthrie
No Not One and Will There Be Stars in My Crown
The humorist notes a Sunday night scene in Arapaho with choirs in the Baptist and Methodist churches. The Baptist choir sang Will there be any stars in my crown while the Methodist choir sang No Not One.
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Arapaho Bee
Baptist Church
Methodist Church
John Scribner Released on Bond in Dual Case
John Scribner was today released on an $8,500 bond covering the cases of Zeke Putman and Mrs. Frank Scribner. Bondsman listed as Dr. Truax of Stonewall and F. ae.
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John Scribner
Zeke Putman
Frank Scribner
Dr. Truax
Stonewall
F. Ae
July Wheat Climbs to 1 34 in New York Market
July wheat rose 9 cents to 1.34 a bushel in New York on strong demand from short sellers. The gain matches the season high as late-month futures advance 2 cents on reports of black rust in the Northwest. More than 130 carloads were exported today.
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New York
Judge Galbraith and wife depart for Chicago today
Judge and Mrs C A Galbraith leave for Chicago this afternoon for a mix of vacation and professional business. Mrs Galbraith accompanies as social escort while they are away. Their main residence during the absence will be the Saratoga hotel.
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C. A. Galbraith
Chicago
Irs
Galbraith
Saratoga Hotel
A Contented Woman Sells Ballard's Snow Liniment
A promotion notes that a Contented Woman is always found with Ballard's Snow Liniment in the home. It promises relief from aches cuts burns rheumatism neuralgia lumbago and muscular stiffness and lists 25c 50c and 1.00 bottles sold by G. M. Ramsey.
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Ballard
G. M. Ramsey
Veterans of Snake War Form Permanent Organization
Veterans of the Snake war organized in Youthrie Oklahoma with Maj. Chas. Barrett elected president. The group will be social in aim but will pursue pay for services rendered when collected.
Doctor Hartman Travels to Texas in Health related Trip
Dr Hartman heads to Texas with aims in Sherman and Galveston. The journey follows a short vacation taken for health reasons.
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Hartman
Texas
Sherman
Galveston
Branson Named to Oklahoma Election Board
Guthrie July 28 Fred B Branson of Muskogee former member of the first legislature was appointed to the state election board succeeding J W Bolen of Ada who resigned.
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Guthrie
Okla
Fred B. Branson
Muskogee
State Election Board
J. W. Bolen
Ada
Want Ad Spotlight Promises Quick Results in News
A breezy note invites readers to place want ads in the News to obtain desired goods or services promptly. The brief urges action for fast responses and local exchanges.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Crazy Snake Campaign
Oklahoma City Times
Times
Earth
Spain
Ada Oil and
As Company
Watson
Commission
J. F. Brennan
Tishomingo Ice & Cold Storage Co
P. F. Foley
Stone Tales
Straight
Emanuel
Lege
M. E. Trapp
Trapp
Gov.Haskell
P. C. Knox
Supreme Court
Alfalfa and Cement
New Election Board
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